Charles Shackleford
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 22, 1966 Kinston, North Carolina |
| Died | January 27, 2017 (aged 50) Kinston, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Kinston (Kinston, North Carolina) |
| College | NC State (1985–1988) |
| NBA draft | 1988 / Round: 2 / Pick: 32nd overall |
| Selected by the New Jersey Nets | |
| Playing career | 1988–1999 |
| Position | Center / Power forward |
| Number | 33, 14, 17 |
| Career history | |
| 1988–1990 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1990–1991 | Phonola Caserta |
| 1991–1993 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1993–1994 | Onyx Caserta |
| 1994 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1995–1996 | Ülkerspor |
| 1996–1997 | Aris |
| 1997–1998 | P.A.O.K. |
| 1998–1999 | Idaho Stampede |
| 1998 | Charlotte Hornets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 1,625 (5.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,448 (4.8 rpg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Charles Edward Shackleford (April 22, 1966 – January 27, 2017) was an American professional basketball player.
Playing as center or a power forward, he was renowned for his rebounding – regularly leading leagues in Europe. He played 6 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), mostly as a bench player, intersected by seasons in Europe where he had more success.
Off the court he was involved in a number of controversies and legal issues. Shackleford is sometimes remembered for telling a reporter after a NC State basketball game that "I can shoot with my left hand, I can shoot with my right hand, I'm amphibious."
Shackleford played collegiate basketball for North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of the NCAA Division I from 1985 to 1988.
He was suspended in the fall of 1986 because of poor grades, being reinstated for the spring semester after an appeal and a contractual agreement to attend all classes, with the unusual involvement of chancellor Bruce Poulton. Former head of the NC physical education department, Richard Lauffer, described him as a poor student, without "any interest in trying to get an education" and who "should never have been in school."
On the court, Shackleford, nicknamed Shack by fans, was described as the Wolfpack's "indispensable man" and an imposing physical presence. He was an All-ACC selection in 1988 as he led the conference in rebounding.
He declared early for the NBA draft as a junior in May 1988, invoking hardship.
It was implied in 1989, first through a book, Personal Fouls by Peter Golenbock, that North Carolina State was home to a number of mispractices, with NBC naming Shackleford as suspected "of deliberately losing an NCAA Tournament game to avoid NCAA drug testing."
Even more serious were allegations by ABC that Shackleford and three of his teammates took part in point-shaving during the 1987–88 season, with New Jersey businessman Robert Kramer said to have given $20,000 to Shackleford, who then distributed the cash. While Shackleford admitted to receiving the sum from Kramer and $45,000 from agent Larry Gillman, in violation of NCAA rules, he denied shaving points, with the loan from Kramer supposedly made to pay off Gillman, he declared repaying both loans by 1990.
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